Lean Aircraft Initiative Product Development Team Effectiveness

Abstract

The current study explores the relative influence of function managers and team leaders in managing integrated product development teams (IPTs). This study was prompted by the results of an earlier study, completed in Spring 1995, which suggested that the most successful high risk projects had a 50/50 balance of influence in decision-malting between function managers and team leaders. This study also suggested that in the most successful low risk projects, the balance of influence shifted heavily toward team leaders.